The Perfect Album for Your Midlife Crisis
With his new recording, Fever Dream, Ben Watt captures the pleasure and pain of a Gen-Xer caught between two fires – his youth and the...
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Kristi Wooten
- May 27, 2016
The Monkees Kick Off Fun 50th Anniversary Tour Down South
Five decades after their TV debut, The Monkees are on the road with a multimedia tour featuring footage from the 1966 television series....
Kristi Wooten
- May 1, 2016
What Happened When Jimmy Carter and Bono Went to the Disco?
Jimmy Carter, Bono and Nile Rodgers made for a surprising trio of revelers at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom last Friday night. On the...
Kristi Wooten
- Apr 22, 2016
What Prince's Death Teaches Us About the Power of Music
1981 seems like just yesterday. Remember roller skating with your friends to Prince’s song “Controversy”? Fast forward 35 years, and it’s...
Kristi Wooten
- Apr 8, 2016
Exclusive: How Nile Rodgers and Duran Duran Helped Each Other Win
Thirty years ago, no one might have predicted that Nile Rodgers would be on the road with Duran Duran in 2016. Yet, this spring the...
Kristi Wooten
- Jan 4, 2016
Why We're Still Watching That Video of Aretha Franklin at the Kennedy Center
By now, I’m sure you’ve seen the viral video of the Queen of Soul singing for the Obamas and songwriter Carole King at the Kennedy Center...
Kristi Wooten
- Dec 20, 2015
The Best Albums of 2015: Did Your Favorite Make the List?
This year, traditional songwriting went head-to-head with algorithm-based formulas, leaving our brains confused about what makes a good...
Kristi Wooten
- Dec 4, 2015
Can Miley Cyrus Educate Millennials About the Fight Against AIDS?
At Carnegie Hall this past Tuesday night, Miley Cyrus joined U2’s Bono and The Edge, Hozier and Jessie J for a World AIDS Day event...
Kristi Wooten
- Jun 11, 2015
Why We Love Brian Wilson's Melodies (and Matzo Ball Soup)
After seeing the new movie, Love & Mercy, we’ll never hear The Beach Boys’ “God Only Knows” the same way again. During a scene in which...
Kristi Wooten
- Feb 2, 2015
What Eva Longoria Learned in the Barrios of Cartagena
Eva Longoria says some of her earliest childhood memories are of accompanying her family to volunteer at the Special Olympics in her...
Kristi Wooten
- Jan 1, 2015
10 Inspiring Life Lessons From My Conversations With Jane Goodall
THE HUFFINGTON POST One doesn’t need an encyclopedic knowledge of science to hang with Jane Goodall; instead, a dose of curiosity will...
Kristi Wooten
- Dec 3, 2014
The Best Albums of 2014: Here's What They Have in Common
For the past few years, my year-end music column has focused almost exclusively on lists of singles, from which I’ve tried my darndest to...
Kristi Wooten
- Dec 2, 2014
Star of The Good Lie Has a Holiday Message of Hope (and a Hot New Song With Nile Rodgers)
Emmanuel Jal’s story is an inspiring personal journey of survival: During the second Sudanese civil war in the 1980s, his mother was...
Kristi Wooten
- Nov 13, 2014
This Infographic Explains How America Feels About Spandau Ballet
A new documentary called Soul Boys of the Western World follows the British band Spandau Ballet from its New Romantic beginnings in...
Kristi Wooten
- Oct 20, 2014
Will Super Fans Save Music?
Not too long ago, I had an interesting phone call with Benji Rogers, the president and founder of PledgeMusic. We geeked out about...
Kristi Wooten
- Sep 23, 2014
Ebola Crisis: Idris Elba Goes Viral to Fight the Virus
BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE HUFFINGTON POST Amidst United Nations activities in New York this week, global health experts, NGOs and...
Kristi Wooten
- Sep 10, 2014
Howard Jones: Orange is the New Black
BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE HUFFINGTON POST When Howard Jones asked his fans on Facebook to wear orange to his performances this...
Kristi Wooten
- Jul 5, 2014
The Summer of Ben Watt: It's Christmas in July
BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE HUFFINGTON POST Photo by Ian Webber. “Is this cheating on Tracey? I dunno,” Ben Watt asked. He felt a...
Kristi Wooten
- Jun 15, 2014
World Party on Tour: Long Live Rainbows and Revolutions
BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE HUFFINGTON POST Karl Wallinger is sitting on the running board of his tour van and smoking a cigarette. He...
Kristi Wooten
- Jun 5, 2014
After Mother's Day, There's Motherlove.
BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE HUFFINGTON POST PHOTO CAPTION: Motherlove participants pose in front of Joan Snyder’s painting,...
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